Gov. Roy Cooper made three appointments late last month to judicial and district attorney positions. Lamont Wiggins was named as a Superior Court Judge in District 7B March 29, along with Mario Perez as a District Court Judge in District ...

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Edgecombe County Dept. of Social Services v. Hickman. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0399, 12 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Edgecombe County Superior Court. (Walter H. Godwin, Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: ...

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State v. Crandell. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1170, 16 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Edgecombe County Superior Court. (Cy A. Grant, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The state presented evidence ...

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State v. McCoy. (Lawyers Weekly 10-16-0934, 18 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.) Appealed from Edgecombe County Superior Court (Alma L. Hinton, J.). N.C. App. Unpub. Holdings: (1) The trial court did not err by denying the defendant’s motion to suppress ...

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Did you — or one of your clients — get caught blasting through Rocky Mount on Highway 64 en route to the beach this summer? If you want to sing “mea culpa” and avoid a return trip to traffic court, ...

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